And in vij. yere¹ of Kynge Edwarde, Sere Thomas Cooke, Sere Jhon Plummere, knyght, and aldermenne of Londone, and Humfrey Haward and other aldermen were arested, and treasoune surmysed uppone them, whereof they were acquyte, but they lost grete goodes to the Kynge, to the valowe of xl, Ml, marke or more, and diverse times in dyverse places of England, men were arestede for treasoune, and some were putt to dethe, and some scaped,

Note 1. And in vij. yere. An anonymous scribbler says, that in this year there was, throughout England, a hurricane (vehementissimus ventus) which lasted for more than thirty-six hours. — MS. Arundel. Mus. Brit. 220. fol. 279, vº.